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Johanna Unzueta

1974

born in Santiago de Chile

1998

Licenciatura en Arte, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile 

Johanna Unzueta lives and works in New York.

Solo Exhibitions

2012

“For and against (El primer año)”, with Felipe Mujica, Galería E, Valparaíso, Chile

2011

“Miscellaneous”, Metales Pesados - Visual, Santiago de Chile  
“Moving image”,  An Art Fair of Contamporary Video Art, New York

2010

“Art Positions”, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
“Wintergarden”, Christinger De Mayo, Zurich
“Snowfields”, Die Ecke Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile
“Deep in the Pool”, House of Propellers, London, curated by Cecilia Brunson

2009

“Llegar a un lungary mirar a otro”, Galería Metropolitana, Santiago de Chile (with Felipe Mujica)
“Coma as you are”, Saprophyt, Vienna
“Iron Folklore”, launch Pad Artist Redsidency and Project program, Queens Museum of Art, New York   

2008

“The Skills”, Visual Drugs, Zurich
“Work Dignifies”, Or Gallery, Vancouver  

2007

“Johanna Unzueta”, Thrust Projects, New York

2006

“Ora y Labora”, Die Ecke Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile

2005

“Cerberus”, Planet 22, Geneva (in collaboration with Diego Fernandez and Felipe Mujica)

2004

“MMUU”, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile (with Felipe Mujica)
“FM” (banner project), Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2001

“Factory 1”, Sala Multiple, Santiago de Chile

1999

“Guahaus”, Galería Chilena, Santiago de Chile

Group Exhibitions

2012

“The Quality of Presence”, curated by Dmitry Komis, Chelsea Hotel, New York

2011

“The Life of Objects”, Vogt Gallery, New York, curated by Maria del Carmen Carrion
“Lifestyle Appropriate”, New Capital at the Balloon/Converso showroom, Chicago
“The S-Files”, Museo del Barrio, New York
“Un día todo esto será tuyo”, 
Galería 80 mt2, Lima

2010

“Epílogos”, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, curated by Cristián Silva 
“Things Just Aren't The Way They Used To Be”, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
“Critical Stitch”, Union College, Schenectady New York, curated by Lorraine Morales Cox and Rachel Seligman
“Critical Complicity”, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, curated by Julia Moritz and Lisa Mazza (in collaboration with Felipe Mujica and Cristóbal Lehyt)
“Like a river that stops being a river or like a tree that is burning in the horizon without knowing it is burning”, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, curated by Felipe Mujica
“This is Julio #5”, Centro Cultural de São Paulo, São Paulo
“Let's Kidnap a Sculpture”, ex Civic Room, London (in collaboration with Pablo Leon de la Barra)
“Contaminaciones Contemporáneas”, Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade de São Paulo
“Collectiva Die Ecke 2010”, Die Ecke Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona

2009

“Finding Work: Representing Labor in Contemporary Art”, The Gallatin Galleries NYU, New York

2008

“Sunset from the Empire State Building Observatory”, Sezession Wichtelgasse, Vienna
“Be Marginal, Be a Hero”, Thrust Projects, New York
“Cabaret Voltaire Boutique”, Swiss Institute, New York

2007

“Algunas Bestias”, Perros Negros, Mexico DF
“Arte Argentino Contemporaneo”, Proyectos VK, Bogotá
“Expediente 01”, Galería Valenzuela y Klenner, Bogotá
“Linea de Hormigas”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
“Handle with Care”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile

2006

“Psycoideology”, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York
“Contra Golpe”, Instituto Divorciado, Karl Marx Alle 87, Berlin
“When Artists Say We”, Artists Space, New York
“The Studio Visit”, Exit Art, New York

2005

“Trapped by Mutual Affection”, a project by Galerie Christian Nagel Köln/Berlin, Miami Design District (with Diego Fernández and Felipe Mujica)
“Unruhe bitte!”, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zurich (video screening)
“Disperced Pieces of Something”, Message Salon, Zurich, Suiza (with Diego Fernández and Felipe Mujica)
“Art-Robe: Women artists in a nexus of art and fashion”, Sala Ségur, Unesco, Paris

2004

“Condoros/Mistakes”, organized by Galeria Chilena, exhibited at Galeria Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile and at Union Walk, East End, London
“Video Rental”, e-flux, New York
“La Nube Loca” , Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá
“Becoming Giants”, Le Roy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
“Vroom”, Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2003

“The L-Factor”, Exit Art, New York
“To be political it has to look nice” (with Galeria Chilena), apexart, New York
“Mujeres after Frida”, Centro de Trabajadores Latinos, New York
“Ricos y Famosos” Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile
“Threadbare”, curated by Keith Millar, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York

2001

“Sudamericanrockers”, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
“ART/OMI International Open Studio Exhibition”, ART/OMI, Ghent, New York

1999

“Bienal de Arte Joven de Valparaiso”, Sala el Farol, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
“Doméstico”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Valdivia, Chile

grants / awards

2010

“Fondart”, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile
“Pulse Prize”, Pulse Art Fair prize for best solo booth, New York

2008

“Dirac”, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Chile 

2007

“Capacete Residency”, Rio de Janeiro

2004

Fondart”, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile
“Dirac”, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Chile

2001

“Art Omi Residency Program”, Ghent, New York

1999

“Fondart”, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile
“Premio Banco de Chile”, Bienal de Arte Joven, Valparaiso, Chile

Press releases

 

Wintergarden
Exhibition from 25 August until 2 October 2010
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PORTFOLIOS

Work documentation 1999-2010
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